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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. Test of Word Reading Efficiency. Screening test. measures an individual's ability to pronounce printed words accurately and fluently. Generates percentiles - standard scores - age equivalents - and grade equivalents.Decoding - Sight words






2. A score to which raw scores are converted by numerical transformation ( conversion of raw scores to percentile ranks or standard scores)






3. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






4. Two vowels standing adjacent in the same syllable whose sounds blend smoothly together in one syllable. There are only four diphthongs in English. These are ou/out - ow/cow - oi/oil - oy - boy






5. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






6. A test in which a student's performance is compared to that of a norm group. Often used to measure and compare students - schools - districts and states.






7. The number of words a student can read correctly in a given period of time.






8. Paired association between letters and letter sounds; an approach to teaching of reading and spelling that emphasizes sound-symbol relationships - especially in early instruction.






9. A pattern of letters (found in a single syllable) which occurs frequently together. The pronunciation of at least one of the component parts is unexpected or the letters stand in an unexpected sequence ( ar - er - ir - or - us - qu - wh)






10. A districts dyslexia program is considered part of the basic - required curriculum. Therefore - state compensatory education funds can only be used to provide programs - projects - activities - and materials that supplement that district's regular dy






11. Behaving without thinking about possible consequences. May act or speak without first thinking about how their behavior might make other people react of feel






12. Proceeds from the whole to the part - suggests that processing of a text begins in the mind of the readers. Meaning is brought to print not derived from print.






13. Expects child to learn reading as "naturally" as speech - Uses child's oral language as content for reading - Uses child's oral language as basis for spelling instruction - Children learn to "read" by reading and re-reading "big books" together with

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14. Selective focus on what is important while screening out distractions.






15. Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth Edition Screening test. Provides an efficient and objective measure of growth in oral reading and an aid in the diagnosis of oral reading difficulties Standard Scores - Percentile Ranks - Grade Equivalents - Age Equivale






16. A letter or a group of letters attached to the beginning or ending of a base word or root that creates a derivative with a meaning or grammatical form that is different that the base word or root.






17. Take frequent study breaks - move around to learn new things - work at a standing position - chew gum while standing - listen to music while studying - skim material first then read in detail






18. State Law - Requires administration of reading instruments to diagnose reading problems. Each district does - has to notify parents and provide instruction






19. Instruction must include the six basic types of these and the division rules.






20. Teaching that uses all learning pathways in the brain (VAK-T) simultaneously in order to enhance memory and learning.






21. Ability to understand and express spoken language






22. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






23. Vocabulary stressed the events of daily life - Common - everyday - down to earth words - Most are one syllable words






24. Feeling through fingertips






25. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






26. listening - remembering - and understanding what someone else says.






27. A word that is immediately recognized as a whole and does not require decoding to identify. A sight word may or may not be phonetically regular.






28. Children may be physical and socially immature - may be awkward in social situations - may have difficulty reading social cues - may have trouble finding the right words - stammering. - may feel anxious in school






29. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






30. MSLE instruction requires that organization on material follow the logical order of the language. Sequence must begin with the easiest and progress to more difficult material. Each step must be based on prior knowledge.






31. A graphic compilation of the performance of an individual on a series of assessments.






32. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






33. Scientific terminology and often appear in science texts - Greek roots are often combining forms and compound to form words.






34. Initial Reading - Letters represent sounds - sound-spelling relationships

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35. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






36. Scores expressed in their original form without statistical treatment - such as the number of correct answers on a test.






37. Attempt - Failure - Frustration - Avoidance - Lack of Practice - No improvement - Loss of esteem - loss of motivation = THIS






38. Shakespeare - Samuel Johnson - first comprehensive dictionary of English - Noah Webster - first dictionary of American English - Oxford Dictionary published in full 1928






39. Use - pictures - charts - maps - graphs - etc...clear view of teacher - color to highlight important text - ask teacher to provide handouts - illustrate ideas as pictures before writing them down - use multi media






40. Given normal vision - the ability to recognize and interpret information taken in with the eye.






41. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






42. Nationally known for research on both the prevention and remediation of reading difficulties in young children as well as work on assessment of phonological awareness and reading






43. Given normal hearing - the ability to understand spoken language in a meaningful way.






44. Individual Educational Plan






45. A single functioning or signaling unit of our word patterns. The separate sound units of spoken words.






46. A score that describes student performance in terms of the statistical performance of an average student at a given grade level. Ranges from K.0 to 12.9 Are not a dependable representation of progress






47. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






48. Phonemic Awareness - Phonics - Vocabulary Development - Reading Fluency - including oral reading skills - Reading Comprehension Strategies






49. A type of derived score such that the distribution of these scores for a specified population has convenient known values for the mean and standard deviation.






50. Confirmation and Fluency - Decoding skills - Fluency - additional strategies

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